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Gurnee Motel

2.0 star property

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Reception
Lobby sitting area
Standard Room, 2 Double Beds
Reception
Business centre

Reviews

4.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Free WiFi
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
3740 Grand Ave, Gurnee, IL, 60031
  • Six Flags Great America
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Gurnee Mills
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Naval Base Great Lakes
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Chicago, IL (ORD-O'Hare Intl.)
    ‪37 min drive‬

Room options

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Standard Room, 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Room, 2 Double Beds

Standard Room, 2 Double Beds

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 Bedroom

Room amenity

Standard Room, 1 Bedroom

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Gurnee

With a stay at Gurnee Motel in Gurnee, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Six Flags Great America and Naval Base Great Lakes. .This hotel is 3.9 mi (6.2 km) from Lake Michigan and 3.8 mi (6.1 km) from Gurnee Mills.

What's nearby

  • Great Wolf Lodge Water Park - 5 min drive - 5.1 km
  • Six Flags Great America - 6 min drive - 4.6 km
  • Genesee Theater - 6 min drive - 5.5 km
  • Gurnee Mills - 7 min drive - 6.1 km
  • Naval Base Great Lakes - 7 min drive - 8.7 km

Getting around

  • Waukegan Station - 7 min drive
  • Kenosha, WI (ENW-Kenosha Regional) - 23 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Wendy's - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Quonset Pizza - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Burger King - ‬14 min walk

About this property

Gurnee Motel

Hotel in Gurnee with free parking
Gurnee Motel offers 41 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Refrigerators and microwaves are provided. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Make yourself at home in one of the 41 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. 32-inch flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, as well as phones with free local calls.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless internet access and a vending machine.
Featured amenities include a computer station, express check-in, and express check-out. Free self parking is available onsite.

Languages

English, Hindi, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Family friendly

  • Free cot
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Computer station

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Free cot
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with premium cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Free local calls
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 6 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: USD 15
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: USD 15
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 6 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 10 per pet, per night, plus a deposit of USD 25.00 per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
2 total pets
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.0 per night
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet deposit: USD 25.00 per stay
  • Pet fee: USD 10 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Early check-in fee: USD 15 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: USD 15 (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties
Alcohol is not served at this property

Property is also known as

Fairbridge Inn express Gurnee
Fairbridge express Gurnee
Gurnee Motel Hotel
Gurnee Motel Gurnee
Fairbridge Inn Express
Gurnee Motel Hotel Gurnee

Gurnee Motel Reviews

Reviews

4.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 101 out of 871 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 102 out of 871 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 119 out of 871 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 134 out of 871 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 415 out of 871 reviews

4.4/10

Cleanliness

5.8/10

Staff & service

4.2/10

Amenities

4.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Silvia

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Abai

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Kynan

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The bed was broken
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Gabriel

Disliked: Amenities
No lights and smoke detector kept chirping. I got my room changed and it was dirty. Saw roaches, spider webs, roaches in spider webs. Smoke detector had a plastic bag on it. Towel was wet before I even used it that's disgusting. Tv was a joke nothing but horrible picture. I would never stay there again after what I stayed through.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Jessica, Zion

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Silvia

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff really nice but place in good confitions
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

ALMA

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jennifer M

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The room I was out in looked like an old utility closest. It was small, cramped. The bed frame was oversized and I ended up cutting my shin on it. The furniture was make shift and racks for a storage closest. The tv didn’t work. There were cigarette burns and stain on all of the bedding. The shower had a large amount of hair, spider webs with dead cockroaches. There was a horrible stench, like a busted sewer pipes, right next to my room. The pictures advertised for the hotel did not resemble what I checked into in any way. Had I not been short on funds and it being later in the evening I would’ve left.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Karl

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Michael

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Roaches
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

james

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Business traveller, Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Never saw so many different kinds of live bugs at once
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Priscilla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Customer service, quiet
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Bernell

This motel is close
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Karl

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
KB
For the price I guess I got what I should have expected
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Osmond

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Is alright and will like to lodge there again next time.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Priscilla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
They are a convenient hotel, but needs to be more clean
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Destiny

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I have never given this bad of a review, but it is necessary. We get there and a few hours later my husband and I want to shower, they only put one wet and disgusting towel in the room that my husband said smelled like it was used. I called for another towel and more toilet paper because the barely there roll was sitting on the toilet with an empty one on the roll. I am then arguing with the woman at the front desk because she doesn’t want to give us anymore tp or another towel. She finally sighs and says okay and after 15 minutes my husband just went to get it himself. I open the shower curtain and there is a used bar of soap sitting right there. I refused to touch it and left it sitting there. My husband and I showered again this morning and as he went to dry his hair there was a dead cockroach in the hair dryer holder. There is a reason why this room is so cheap. If it is your only option then good luck. The chain lock was broken off our door and for being a non smoking room there sure were a lot of cigarette holes in the blanket. Right when we walked into the room it smelled like someone tried to cover up the smell of cigarettes with very strong cheap cologne that immediately made my asthma act up. We will never be staying here again and they need to get checked by the BBB or something. I woke up to get water and there were cockroaches just having a party in the sink. I drowned them all. Absolutely disgusting. I took another shower at my friends because I felt so gross.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

James

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Alicia

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
All was fine until I woke up with the next morning and my boyfriend had a cockroach crawl across his face. I asked for a refund and left and they only gave me half my money back. I would expect a full refund for something like that
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Thomas

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dirty, bugs, burn marks on curtains and sheets. Smelled of cigarettes. But in a pinch and for the price, about what you’d expect.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Tom

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Ingrid

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really wanted to like this place. It’s wrecked looking from the outside and there is no “Gurnee Motel” sign so I missed the turn. No problem, I thought. Chin up. The portico outside is closed off. There is scaffolding all around it but I don’t think it’s for construction. There was no evidence of work. I think it’s just gonna be that way forever. The man at the desk was very friendly and suggested I see the room before I signed on the dotted line so to speak. I should’ve known at that stage to run. He was very nice though. At first glance, the room wasn’t terrible. I was excited. There were two beds, a microwave, and a fridge. It didn’t look too shabby… Well let me tell you the tale of The Gurnee Motel motel room. There were eight lightbulbs in the room, three of which worked. The bedside lamps were supposed to plug into the wall, but the plug end was wrapped loosely white electric tape. Against my better judgment I plugged it in anyway and tried to turn the lights on. Surprise, surprise - it didn’t work. (2 down) Either way I would imagine it wasn’t safe. Of The four lights (which are presumably supposed to be fancy) over the sink and mirror, only one worked. (3 more down). The three that worked were the bathroom light (yay), the one over the mirror, and one on the wall opposite the heads of the beds. The sink was in the room, not the bathroom, - so two of the working lights were in the room. With both lights on, the room was dim - not in a mood-lighting way. The bathtub l
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Danny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
friendly but NEEDS A REMODELING
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Michael

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024